Booking It Around West Virginia Welcome to PCMS’s Tour of West Virginia. This field trip will help you travel around our state to visit many of our towns and people without leaving the library. Join Booker as you “book it” around West Virginia. Click to start the tour.

The Places We Will Visit Friendly Clarksburg Morgantown Martinsburg Hi, I’m Booker. I will be your tour guide today. Pick the town where you would like to start your tour. Click the symbol to go to the town. Fayetteville Coalwood Williamson

Welcome to Friendly, WV Friendly, West Virginia, is the setting for three books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor: Shiloh, Shiloh Season, and Saving Shiloh Click the pic to learn more about Friendly. Click the pic to learn more about Shiloh. Click the pic to learn more about finding fiction books. Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Clarksburg.

Finding Fiction Books F Nay AB C DEF GHI If the Call Number starts with the letter F, the book is a fiction book. The book will be found in the fiction section, which is marked by the letters of the alphabet. The books are arranged in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. Look for the label on the spine of the book to help you find it quickly. Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Clarksburg.

Welcome to Clarksburg, WV Clarksburg is the setting for The Star Fisher by Laurence Yep. Click here to travel to Morgantown. Click here to return to Belmont. Click the pic to learn more about Clarksburg. Click the pic to learn more about The Star Fisher. Click the pic to learn more about using the card catalog.

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How to Search for Books by Author If you know the name of an author, you can search for books written by that person. First, type the author’s name in the Find box. Then, click on the Author button.

That will take you to a list of books by that author that are available in the school library. Be sure to check again because books are being added frequently. Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Morgantown.

Welcome to Morgantown, WV Morgantown is one of the locations in One Giant Leap by Jeff Hostetler (with Ed Fitzgerald). Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Martinsburg.. Click the pic to learn more about Morgantown. Click the pic to learn more about One Giant Leap. Click the pic to learn more about finding biographies.

One Giant Leap can be found in the biography section. Biographies are part of the nonfiction section of the library. However, this book is actually an autobiography because it was written by Jeff Hostetler himself. Here’s another autobiography you might enjoy: Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Martinsburg..

Welcome to Martinsburg, WV Martinsburg is located near the fictional town of Burneytown, WV, which is the setting of The Haunting of Swain’s Fancy by Brenda Seabrooke. Click the pic to learn more about Martinsburg. Click the pic to learn more about The Haunting of Swain’s Fancy. Click the pic to learn how to find more books like this one. Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Fayetteville.

If you enjoy a book, you can use the card catalog to find books that are similar to it. Go to the screen that describes the book you enjoyed. Then click on one of the links in the Explore! section.

If you choose the Ghosts-Fiction link, these are some of the titles you will see: If you look closely, you will see that the library has 29 books in this category. That’s lots of choices to scare you! Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Fayetteville.

Welcome to Fayetteville, WV Click the pic to learn more about Fayetteville. Fayette County is one of the locations in Missing May by Cynthia Rylant. Click the pic to learn more about Missing May. Click the pic to learn how to find Information about Accelerated Reader. Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Coalwood.

You can use Follett Destiny to find information about Accelerated Reader quizzes. After you do a search for the title, click on the search results link, then scroll down to the section called “Quiz Info.” If an AR quiz is available, you will see this information: This will help you decide if this book is a good choice for you. Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Coalwood.

Welcome to Coalwood, WV Coalwood is the setting of Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam. Click the pic to learn more about Coalwood. Click the pic to learn more about Rocket Boys. Click the pic to learn how to find nonfiction books. Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Williamson.

Finding Nonfiction Books If the Call Number is a series of numbers, the book is a nonfiction book. The book will be found in the nonfiction section, which is marked by signs showing the call number groups. The books are arranged in numerical order. Look for the label on the spine of the book to help you find it quickly Hic Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Williamson.

Welcome to Williamson, WV Mingo County is the setting of The Coffin Quilt by Ann Rinaldi. Click the pic to learn more about Williamson. Click the pic to learn more about The Coffin Quilt. Click the pic to learn more about Lexile measures. Click here to return to Belmont. Click here to travel to Friendly.

How to Find and Use Lexile Measures Your Lexile measure is a guide to your reading level. A book’s Lexile measure is a guide to its difficulty. Your teacher can tell you your Lexile measure based on your WESTEST 2 scores. Follett will show a book’s Lexile measure which is based on how difficult it is to read.

Your Lexile range is from 100 points below your measure to 50 points above it. Books in your range should be not too hard but not too easy for you to understand. Click here to travel to Friendly. Click here to return to Belmont. If a book is too difficult for you to read, look for a book with a lower Lexile measure. If a book is too easy, look for a book with a higher Lexile measure. Be sure to look at the topic of the book as you are making your choice. You want to choose a book you will enjoy.

Welcome Home! Belmont Click on the word Belmont to return to the beginning.